SUMMARY

• Sr. Business Analyst/ScrumMaster/Project Manager wif diversified skills in gathering and developing comprehensive business requirements, system requirements, functional requirement specification, use cases, backlog documents and user story documents.
• Exceptional communicator and relationship - builder., excelling in progressive roles requiring superior strategic planning, client management, and team leadership talents.
• Managed my own BA team as a BA Lead, lead Scrum team as a Scrum Master& coach various teams onbest practices as a Project Manager.
• Around 7+ years of IT experience, 3 years of experience as Agile Scrum Master/Project Manager& certified from both Exin& PSM.
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Waterfall, Agile/SCRUMand V-development model.
• Experienced in UML modeling, including Use Cases, Process Flows, Sequence, State and Activity diagrams.
• Educating teams on Scrum, Agile and SAFe methodologies.
• Coaching team members to adopt SAFe agile principles and deliver value incrementally.
• Joint Application Development (JAD), Joint Application Requirement sessions (JAR).
• Writing and maintaining teh Requirement DefinitionDocument dat includesBusiness Requirements(BRD)and Functional Requirements (FRD).
• Tracking team velocity and reducing technical debt.
• Document team hours and commitments prior to sprint executions.
• Conducting Pre-Grooming, Grooming, and dailystand- Confidential & all sprint ceremonies(Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings).
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)& efficiently prioritizing and manage teh defects.
• End to End management of Project scope, budget, resources, andSCRUMbest practices.
• Expert in writing detail system Use Cases, developing business Test Cases and working wif QA teams during testing phase theirby facilitating acceptance testing wif stakeholders and business users.
• Facilitating tickets through Predevelopment stage, Development Status, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to complete each sprint.
• Experience wif Data analysis and SQL querying wif database integrations for large organizations.
• Document Training Manuals for newproductrelease.
• Performed GAP Analysis to develop business requirements, created use cases, functional requirements, Business Rules, developed wireframes using MS Visio.
• Performed all Project Management activities including Budgeting, Resource Planning, Time Plan, creating Work breakdown structure in MS Project, Capacity planning., Monitoring and tracking of project on a weekly basis, status reporting to teh senior management.
• Exhibit strong analytical ability during Functional Tests and Regression Tests.
• Define project milestones, schedules, monitoring progress using MS Project and update plans as required.
• Expertise in producing clear and concise User Stories andBusinessand Data Flow Diagrams, as well as experience working wif creative designers or UI developers, Developed Wireframes and designs for stakeholder.
• System Testing, Back-end testing, functional and Regression Testing (If needed).
• Experienced in writing and implementing basic SQL queries for data analysis.
• Strongbusinessacumen; ability to TEMPeffectively communicate and present results to key stakeholders; ability to translate technical jargon intobusinessimpacts.
• Performed teh role of Release manager during deployment/ release weekend and updated teh management wif teh status of teh release.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: SCRUM, KANBAN, Waterfall

Software: JIRA, Confluence, Share Point, RALLY, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Plan View, HP ALM, Junit

Databases: Oracle, MySQL

Programming Languages: HTML, SQL, Linux, Unix Shell Scripting, Java, .NET

Operating Systems: Windows 7/8/10, Linux, Unix

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Norfolk,VA

Agile Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Practical work as SCRUMMaster for Agile team.
• Leverage teh Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to organize teh Agile teams.
• Facilitate workshops to teach best practices onSCRUM,Agile, and SAFe Methodologies.
• Scheduling Agile ceremonies likePI Sessions, Pre-grooming, Grooming Sessions, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Daily standup’s, Sprint Retrospectives.
• Helped teh team in self-management by creating artifacts like team task board, Sprint Burn-down charts, Impediments list etc.
• Remove impediments and blockers for team to work as efficiently as possible through constant communication wifproductowners and operations team.
• Drive core teams, managers, tech leads and other functional leads to identify andunblock issues and resolve cross-team dependencies.
• Responsible for facilitating and coordinating multiple teams wifin a single workflow.
• Coordinated wif other Scrum Masters wifin teh program to ensure smooth progress towards goals and objectives, as well as program-level SAFe ceremonies such as PI Planning.
• Worked intimately wif other Business Analysts and project managers to define project scope and roadmaps.
• Interact wif business owners, and client to identify Business Requirement Documents, System Requirements, and Use Case Documents.
• Oversaw day-to- day tracking of project issues, risk, dependencies and next steps.
• Tracking team velocity and reducing technical debt.
• Maintained teh project’s document repository in Confluence space.
• Document team hours and commitments prior to sprint executions.
• Create central repository to track user stories outside of JIRA.
• Producing a variety of reports, graphs, summaries, and presentations dat deliver analytical results.
• Shadow and assist some of teh Product Owner activities by providing high levelestimates, prioritizing stories for teh sprint and maintaining backlogs and release plans.
• Interacting wif various stakeholders for requirement elicitation, analysis & resolutionof enhancement and production issues.
• Facilitated Agile adoption for teh teams as an Agile Expert and guided teams wifoutcome resulting in enhanced performance.
• Update teh stakeholders of teh project timelines through proper and timelycommunication.
• Acted as Release manager during deployment/ release weekend and updated teh management& team wif teh status of teh release.
• Responsible for managing monthly Enhancements and Client’s Work Requests releases.

Environment: SAFe, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, Windows, Agile Methodologies, Team leadership, HP ALM.

Confidential - White Plains, NY

Agile Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Lead day to daySCRUMactivities & ImplementSAFepractices.
• Foster cross team communication and collaboration& facilitating workshops.
• Build high performing teams, build shippableproduct,and be responsible for leading Agile project coordination to support various upstream and downstream teams.
• Facilitated True Agile Pre-Grooming, Grooming,Sprint Planning, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Facilitateddailystand- Confidential, documents defects, and remove impediments.
• TEMPEffectively incorporate client insights into team direction by working wif management andproduct owners to establish feature delivery based on business value and priority.
• Schedule team meetings & team collaboration to define ‘Definition of Done’.
• Identifyingand remove impediments and blockers for team to work as efficiently as possible through constant communication wifproductowners and operations team.
• Involved in facilitating requirement gathering and writing stories(functional and non-functional), minimizing impediments, resolving support issues.
• Schedule JAD sessions for Knowledge Transfer and participate in cross-functionalproject team to present progress, results, and problems, and assist wif resolution of overall project issues related to teh product functionality.
• Producing a variety of reports, graphs, summaries, and presentations dat deliver analytic results.
• Create and maintain meeting minutesfor reoccurring agile meetings.
• Encouraging development teams to function independently &facilitate Sprint Demo.
• Create, track, and edit project timelines & Backlogs.
• Publish various project metrics and reports to facilitate decision making and visibility tothe executive management.
• Created project roadmaps in collaboration wif stakeholders.
• Prepare project plans, track execution and management (including effort/time/costestimation, resource loading and contingency planning).
• Meet wif client leadership periodically to discuss project direction, overall health, costs, risks, and developing initiatives.
• Coordinate teh release calendar and timelines wif teh Business Team and ChangeControl Board.
• Working wif Application Directors to develop a prioritization process and method to bundle teh request for changes into manageable releases.
• Communicating teh data analysis and findings to stakeholders.
• Responsible for managing monthly Enhancements and Client’s Work Requests releases.
• Functionally test teh developed systems (UAT).

Environment: Windows, RALLY, Confluence, HP ALM, SAFe, Agile Methodologies, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Word, MS Excel, SharePoint.

Confidential - Newark, NJ

Agile Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Initially started teh project wif Waterfall methodology and led teh move to teh Agile methodology.
• Scheduled Agile Best Practice meetings like Planning Sessions, Pre-grooming, Grooming Sessions, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Daily standup’s, Sprint Retrospectives.
• Completion of project from inception to final deployment to production.
• Ensured timely and proper handoff wif teh offshore teams for a smooth delivery.
• Worked intimately wif other Business Analysts and project managers to define project scope and roadmaps.
• TEMPEffectively partner wif teams to meet and surpass Service Level Agreements like On-time Delivery, Successful Delivery, Throughput, Defect Phase Containment, IncidentTickets Resolution.
• Remove impediments andblockers for team to work as efficiently as possible through constant communication wifproductowners and operations team.
• Defined enterprise documentation standards and practices for project engagement and definition, use cases, test cases, technical documentation, support requests, and maintenance agreements.
• Execute cross team communication and collaboration to enhance and streamline processes.
• Coordinated wif other dependent teams to get their dependencies in time before starting development.
• Maintained tracker to ensure time closure of dependencies.
• Responsible for end to end delivery of teh feature to teh client.
• Drive core teams, managers, tech leads and other functional leads to identify and unblock issues and resolve cross-team dependencies.
• Experience in writing test cases and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Analyze scope, captured business requirements, recommended process changes anddocumented teh requirements for teh development team.
• Interact wif business owners, and client to identify Business Requirement Documents, System Requirements, and Use Case Documents.
• Turning business requirements into technical requirements.
• Creating Process Flows,Use Cases, and Pivot Charts (MS Excel).
• Directed and monitored program staffing, includes employee recruitment, selection,training, career development, performance assessment, workload planning, recognition.
• Producing a variety of reports, graphs & presentations dat deliver analytic results.
• Performed end to end testing of teh functionality before handing over teh code to client for client and User acceptance testing.
• Decompose high-level business and user requirements into functional requirementsand quality, specified in an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by other functions.
• Conducting User acceptance testing (UAT) of new functionalities.
• Reporting UAT data to upper management throughProductDemo Sessions.

Environment: HP ALM, SharePoint, Windows, Junit, JIRA, Confluence, SQL,MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in creating and defining Application Use Case, Wire Frames from teh Use case defined by customer.
• Interact wif business owners, and client to identify Business Requirement Documents, System Requirements, and Use Case Documents.
• Turning business requirements into technical requirements.
• Worked wif SQL queries and responsible for data mapping.
• Lead facilitation meetings wif various department heads.
• Schedule JAD sessions for Knowledge Transfer and participate in cross-functionalproject team to present progress, results, and problems, and assist wif resolution of overall project issues related to teh product functionality.
• Manage traceability information and track requirements status throughout teh project.
• Work wif teh development teams to resolve issues, assist in creating test cases and toensure teh application conforms to teh requirements.
• Work wif Product Managers and Architects to understand teh features including UIdesign, interfaces, and task workflow detail.
• Initiating Product & Process improvement. Ensure compliance to teh quality standards.
• Responsible for teh timely delivery of teh Project Documentation.
• Excellent experience wif Data Mapping and Data Analysis.
• Develops and coordinates clinical trial and operational activities and manages their execution to ensure completion according to project timelines and budget.
• Collaborated wif stakeholders in defining user, system, scope and project requirements for teh new system enhancement.
• Conducting user acceptance testing of new software.
• Running ad-hoc queries and reports to support Operations reporting.
• Drawing up specific proposals for modified or replacement systems.
• Creating, maintaining, and tracking project plans.
• Facilitated and managed meeting sessions wif business owners, business system owners, development team and testing team.

Environment: Oracle, MS SQL server, ALM,SQL, Junit, ALM, MS Windows, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project, Share Point

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interact wif business owners, and client to identify Business Requirement Documents, System Requirements, and Use Case Documents.
• Performed Gap Analysis to identify teh deficiency of teh current system and to identify teh requirements for teh change in teh proposed system.
• Worked wif Business Development andProductSupport teams to discuss input/output requirements, process and data flows, report format and dependencies.
• Identified teh use cases from teh gatheird requirements and prepared a comprehensive Use Case Specifications document.
• BusinessRequirement Document and Functional Requirements Document preparation and requirement walk-through wif technical team.
• Retrieved Data using SQL queries and did Data Mapping and Data analysis.
• Used Visio for presentation of Process flow to various groups.
• Assisted teh PM in setting realistic project expectations and evaluating impact of changes to project plans.
• Used MS Visio to design UML diagrams during various phases of teh project.
• Assisted in on-going process improvement efforts to ensure test planning, execution, and reporting is TEMPeffective, efficient, standardized, coordinated, and integrated.
• Provide guidance to project managers, business owners, development team and subject matter experts to resolve teh outstanding issue and action items are taken in teh review meeting.
• Facilitated and managed (JAD) meeting sessions wif business owners, business system owners, development team and testing team and processes control.
• Wrote test plans and created test cases, identified test data and performed functional testing and UAT wifbusinessusers.
• Interface wif end-users and project business sponsors to determine, document, and obtain sign-off on business requirements.
• Perform task decomposition, delegated tasks and monitored project milestones using MS Project and HP ALM.

Environment: SQL, Oracle, MSSQL server, ALM, Junit, MS Windows, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project, Share Point.